colpa

See also: çolpa

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish colpthae.

Alternative forms

• colptha

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔlˠpˠə/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkalˠəpˠə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔlˠəpˠə/

Noun

colpa m or f (genitive singular colpa, nominative plural colpaí)

1. calf (of leg)

   Synonyms: orca, pluc

2. handle (of flail); cudgel

Declension

Declension of colpa (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative colpa colpaí vocative a cholpa a cholpaí genitive colpa colpaí dative colpa colpaí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an colpa na colpaí genitive an cholpa na gcolpaí dative leis an gcolpa don cholpa leis na colpaí

Alternative (feminine) declension

Declension of colpa (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative colpa colpaí vocative a cholpa a cholpaí genitive colpa colpaí dative colpa colpaí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an cholpa na colpaí genitive na colpa na gcolpaí dative leis an gcolpa don cholpa leis na colpaí

Derived terms

• colpach (“large-calved; strong-legged”, adjective)
• colpán m (“covering for calf of leg; handle of flail”)
• gúna go colpa m (“midi dress”)
• sciorta go colpa m (“midi”)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

colpa m (genitive singular colpa, nominative plural colpaí)

1. alternative form of colpach (“yearling heifer or bullock, stirk”)
2. collop (unit of grazing land)
3. number of sheep, goats, geese, equated to a heifer for grazing purposes
4. (cooking) collop

Declension

Declension of colpa (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative colpa colpaí vocative a cholpa a cholpaí genitive colpa colpaí dative colpa colpaí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an colpa na colpaí genitive an cholpa na gcolpaí dative leis an gcolpa don cholpa leis na colpaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of colpa

radical	lenition	eclipsis
colpa	cholpa	gcolpa

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “colpa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “colpa”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “colpa”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin culpa, from Proto-Italic *kʷolpā (“wrong, mistake”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷolp-eh₂ (“bend, turn”), from *kʷelp-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkol.pa/
• Rhymes: -olpa
• Hyphenation: cól‧pa

Noun

colpa f (plural colpe)

1. fault
2. blame

   dare la colpa ― to blame (literally, “give the blame”)

3. guilt
4. sin

Derived terms

• colpevole
• discolpare
• scolpare

Related terms

• colpabile

Further reading

• colpa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• palco, placo, placò, polca

Spanish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkolpa/ [ˈkol.pa]
• Rhymes: -olpa
• Syllabification: col‧pa

Noun

colpa f (plural colpas)

1. colcothar used as a flux for silver

Verb

colpa

1. inflection of colpar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “colpa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025